Syllabus Addendum

Math 130 – Elementary Calculus

Instructor:  Jason Wetzel

Contact Info:  Phone:  738-7878

                         Email:  wetzelj@midlandstech.edu

                         Office:  LET 421 F

Expectations:

·         Come to class each day ON TIME and  prepared with your book, paper, pencil, and calculator (if needed)

·         Keep up with your homework and have questions ready to ask at the beginning of each class

·         Maintain a positive learning environment in the classroom (nobody has the right to interfere with the learning of people around you)

·         Take notes and follow along in class

·         Turn cell phones off and no headphones/earphones are allowed.

·         If I see a cell phone while you are taking a test, you will get a ZERO.

Homework / Quizzes:  For each section we cover in the book, there will be a corresponding homework assignment.   Homework will never be checked.  It will not count toward your grade.  Homework assignments are problems I suggest you do in order to be prepared for the test.  I will answer any questions from homework the first 10 minutes of class.  Pop quizzes will be given occasionally and will count toward the following unit test. 

Grading:  There will be four unit tests worth 75% of your course grade.  The remaining 25% will be based on a comprehensive final exam.  Each unit test will be worth 100 points.  To calculate your final course grade, use the formula:

                        Course grade = .75*test average + .25*final exam

Make-ups:  There will be NO make-ups!  If you are absent for a unit test, your final exam grade will also count for the missed test grade.  If you take all five unit tests, your final exam grade will replace your lowest unit test if your final exam grade is higher.

Extra Credit:  A course evaluation will be emailed to you approximately halfway through the semester.  It is important for MTC to get your feedback from this course.  At the end of the semester, if at least 95% of the class has filled out the evaluation, I will give everybody 2 bonus points on the final exam.